The Washington critic., 1887-03-18
(UR STREET RAILWAYS.
uow to Reach All Portions of the
National Capitul,

Tickets are sold by driver or conductor Of
al ears. for % cents good OH any line.
and Gcorgctow Railroad Starts
NJ Georgetown, corner of High street, down
Iridrr street, ncro's Rock Creek, cast along
irursylynnin, avenue, passing circle con
tUining Mills statue of Washington; Cor
C,inn Gallery, state, Wnragd Navy Depart
mcuts; Presidents House, Lafayette Square,
containing Mills equestrian statue Of an
drew JucEson; Department of Justice (mlt.
Ing ut Fiit' enth street, where transfers ar1
given 10 Fourteenth street BrlucD Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury Dc
ruftment; again down Pennsylvania nvcnue
by Wlllnid'sand other hotels, and through
tliepiinCipal business portion of the city,
crossing seventh street west at center
Market tWhoro transfers are given to the
seventh street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or rsoutli to Potomac RiIcrl,
rast Botanical Gardens to Naval Monument
Ocrc transfers arc given 70 branch running
Ia Baltimore and Ohio liuilrond derou, vs.
cCndlug south side Of Capitol Hill, conun'
ung along u street south To Pennsylvania
avenue turning into Eighth street cast past
the Marine Barracks to Navy Yard gate.
Returning, same route and conditions.
Fonrtcen'hstrcct branch = Starts at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Fourteenth street 10 Boundary, passing
FrGnbln Square and Thomns statue, re.
turning, same route Transfers given toand
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars TO Mount Pleasant every half hour.
Fare, y cents additional.
Seventh street Brancll-Starts at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
seventh street west. passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and Postoiiiccs, Odd.Fol-
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Gems Market and city Postofilcc (whoro
transfers are given 10 the main or Avenue
lincl, continuing across the Mall, past the
Smithsonian Institution and National Mn.
scum, 10 the wharyes of the Mount Vernon.
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning. same route.
Metropolitan Railway leaving Georgetown,
Nhcic 1t makes u circuit oi West, High
FAyctta, Second, DuInhlr,on Hnl Mont
gOmcry streets, passing near georgetown
College, Academy ui the Visitation, llish
Service Reservoir, and OAK Hill Cemetery,
over Rock Creek To T. street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the plll'
tGl residences OF the West End, inGmimg
that of the British minister; along ScyUr-
tCcnth street west To- i street north, -Four
tecnth street To I, passing WIZARDS and the
Ethitt House, crossing Niuth street (whcrc
trnnsiels arc given TO the Nnthsireei
B,anch), past tile Patent and Post Offices
TO Filth street, TO Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary square, city Halt, aud Lincoln
the Baltimore and Ohio depot To- Delaware
avenue, to Il street north, 10 First street
east, thence along East Capitol street to Lin.
coin Park. Returning, same route going
west, except along New Jcrs'y avenue and
p street instead Of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave the west front of the State
War and Navy Departments ~ convenient
intervals, connecting with above linc at
Seventeenth aud II streets.
Ninth street Brauch-Starts nj northern ter.
minus of seventh street west twhcrc II con
meets with Silver Springs Branchl, divorgng
TO Ninth street, thence south, passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Temple,
Patent and PostoiliCes at + street (wcre
weSt, thence to II street, passing Centre
Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot,
Sixth street to Missouri avenue, to Four.
and.a.half street, thence TO the Arsenal
gate and steamboat wlarvcs, Potomac
River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs BranCll-Starts from northern
terminus of Ninth.street Branch, following
Seventh street road, past Howard Uniycr.
sity and SChuctZen Park, TO entrance to
grounds of Soldiers Home. Returning,
same route.
Columbia Rallway-Starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast of Treasury Department,
along New York avenue 10 It's intersection
with Massachusetts avenue at Seventh
street; thence on Massachusetts avenue u
II street north, past the Government Print
ing Office TO Boundary and beginning OF
Baltimore turnpike and Benning's Bridge
road. Returning, same route.
North Capitol and Street (or DclD Railroad
Starts from Maryland avSiuc and Four
anda-half street, thence east TO First west
north to q street, west TO Fourth street
north 10 II street, west to Eleventh street
SbutIl " Il blINtl llOIlH, NtSJ W
street, south to Ohio avenue, east "a
Twelfth street, south to Virginia avenue
and east to starting point. Returning, same
route, except passing east over U instead ol
7 street.
This line also has short connecting roads run
ming TO the Centre Market, Potomac rivcl
steamboat wharvcs, Bureau OF Engraving
and Printing, Washington Monument anc
Eleventh and boundary.
Anacostla Railroad Starting from foot o.
Seventh street, along NJ street south
past nayy-yard gate. TO Twelfth street east
and over the .AnacoStia Bridge to Union
town and the Government Hospital for IN,
Insane. Returning, same route. Transfer
{. and from Avenue Line or Scvonth'stree
Branch Washington and Georgetown Ran
road, cents.
Herdlc coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue to Twenty
second and q streets northwest. Fare,
cents; six tickets for % cents. UOrsGCa
tickets are also received as fare.
ncrdlc cabs are run TO any part of the city
Fare, % cents, within | mile; 1j cents pc
hour for one PASSENGER; 81 per hbnr 10
more than one. stands, East Capitol IRON
and Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street northwest.
The Parks.
Washington Circle Is at Twenty.third street
New Hampshire and Pennsylvania avenues
and containing an equestrian statue o
Washington.
Mcpherson Squara IL at Vermont avenue, I
and Fifteenth streets, containing al
equestrian statue of General Mcpherson.
Farragut Square NJ Connecticut avenue, I,
and Seventeenth streets, containing u STATUE
OF Admiral Farragut.
Dupont Circle at New Hampshire, Connect
cut and Massachusetts avenues and Nine
teenth street, holding the statue OF Admlra
Dupont. This circle Is In the heart OF tn
rOst aristCCratic part of the city,
Scott Circle. at Rhode Island and Massachu
setts avenues and Sixteenth street, contain
ing an equestrian statue OF iGeneral Wlniol
Scott,
| Thomas Circle lies at the intersection of Vel
mont and Massachusetts avenues and
and Fourteenth streets. An equestra
statue Of General George II. Thomas adorn
this the smallest of the circles
| Lilac Park, at and Twelfth streets and Ma
sGchusetts avenue, and Syringa Park, a
Tenth and l. and Massachusetts avenue, ar
two triangles beautifully kept, and note
for their protuslOn of the shrubs from while
| they get their name.
| Mount Vernon Place includes New York an
| Massachusetts avenues and tk street b,
TWEEN seventh and Ninth streets. A mag
nhcent fountain In the centre greatly adorn
this beautiful park.
| Iowa Circle Is at Vermont and Rhode Islam
avenues, = and Thirteenth streets. Gencrt
Grants house Is on the southwest side.
| Lincoln Park occupies the grounds at III
intersection OF North Carolina, Massachl
setts, Tennessee and Kentucky avenues,
street northeast, A street southeast an
last Capitol street. II contains the boaut
| ful group of statuary representing LincOl
striking the fotters from the limbs of III
| slaves. Reached by the Metropolitan car
| Franklin Square, between and X and Thi
| tcenth and Fourteenth streets, Is the mo'
| aItistically designed and beautiful of all III
| smaller reservations, 1t contains naturg
| mound, supposed TO be an Indian buria
| place, and spring of delicious waite
| which supplies several hydrants.
| Rawlms' Square Is at the intersection
| New York avenue and street, west Of III
/ White House.
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